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Is A Crown of Sorcery and Steel worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Interactive-fiction readers who want a long fantasy story with branching allegiances
- Fantasy RPG readers interested in choosing among human, elf, dwarf, and orc characters
- Players who want political decisions and romance choices within a war story
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players who need graphics or sound effects to engage with a game
- Players looking for a short experience may find a 450-thousand-word novel too long
- Players seeking real-time, visually presented combat may not find that style here
Our take on A Crown of Sorcery and Steel
The likely stopping point is the text-only format: there are no graphics or sound effects. Players expecting combat to unfold visually may hit a wall when the story presents its battles through text.
What is A Crown of Sorcery and Steel?
Set in Kanda, a realm at war with Queen Nidana and her iron constructs, this 450-thousand-word interactive novel follows an adventurer whose choices shape the conflict.
Choose a human, elf, dwarf, or orc, with a background that changes the adventure. Help people, explore dungeons, join the resistance, or turn against it to serve the queen. Decisions can affect relations between human cities and dwarven colonies, the fate of elven artifacts, and who rules the orc empire. The story includes fantasy combat, with options such as swordplay, magic, and disarming traps, as well as romance. Players can choose a character’s gender and sexuality. The game is entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects.
How A Crown of Sorcery and Steel plays
- 01Four character backgrounds
- Choose a human, elf, dwarf, or orc; each option has a distinct background that changes the adventure.
- 02Choose a side
- Join the resistance or become a spy for the queen.
- 03Political decisions
- Choices include negotiating between human cities and dwarven mining colonies and deciding who takes the orc throne.
- 04Romance choices
- Romance options include a human rebel commander, an elf Scribe, a dwarf musician, and Queen Nidana.
- 05Text-only format
- The novel uses text and has no graphics or sound effects.
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A Crown of Sorcery and Steel: platforms & release
Is A Crown of Sorcery and Steel worth it?
It is worth it if: interactive-fiction readers who want a long fantasy story with branching allegiances. Skip it if: players who need graphics or sound effects to engage with a game.
Where can I download A Crown of Sorcery and Steel?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens A Crown of Sorcery and Steel's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is A Crown of Sorcery and Steel on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
